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 No.7

Do you wear glasses?

 No.8

For as long as I can remember yup

 No.9

Nope, but it would be cool wear them and look smart.

 No.15

Only when I'm driving, really. I just keep them in the car all the time.

 No.16

>>7
Used to, in late 2012 I switched to contacts. One of the best decisions I've made, I'll never go back to just glasses.

 No.25

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I don't wear glasses myself, but a s メガネっ娘 enjoyer I really love girls who wore glasses. To the point where it can determine my GFs choice.

 No.26

Glasses make girls cuter!

 No.28

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>>7
Yeah, ever since I was a kid. Can vividly remember putting my hand up in class as a kid to tell the teacher I couldn't see the board and then getting glasses a week later.

It was inevitable, mother and father both have them and I was never outside much. Was either reading a book, watching TV or playing vidya inside all the time. Having Blue eyes doesn't help the situation too.

>>16
Maybe I should get contacts, but slightly scared of touching my eyeball with my finger and having to pick the lens out when I'm done.

 No.30

Yes! I went 36 years without bothering to get any even though I knew I needed them. The first time I put them on I was in awe. People can actually read street signs and see clocks? Amazing!

 No.54

I do. I have had to wear them for about 20 years now. I remember my first pair of glasses, I was 6 so I picked ones that I thought were really cool. I looked like a surfer!

 No.127

This pdf has some useful advice for any of you who don't want to wear glasses, or want to avoid wearing them in the future.

 No.134

No, but when I was a kid I wanted glasses because I thought they looked scholarly. Of course, as an adult I realise the absurdity of wanting to be visually impaired just to look more intelligent. That reminds me, when I was a teenager, it was trendy for hipsters to wear frames without any lenses in them.

>>25
>>26
Glasses complete the girl.

 No.139

Yes, since I was in kindergarten. I wasn't as bold about it as >>28, I just quietly refused to sit anywhere but the very front until the teacher noticed.

It was kind of expected, since my grandma had lousy vision, my dad got it from her, and half of his kids got it from him. At worst I was about -12 to -13, depending on the eye, which is too high for laser surgery. it's gotten a bit better over the past few years as I age and get what would normally be the far-sighted vision problems, except for me it just fixes things. Except now I have a cataract in my right eye so I have to get that replaced eventually no matter what. I'm putting it off for now, because the lens replacement is going to destroy my ability to focus on different things so I need to get bifocals or something. And I need to get the surgery on both eyes because you can't have one eye at normal vision and one at -12.

Oh, and I'm at constant risk for glaucoma, but that bullet hasn't fired (yet). Maybe it will eventually, it did for my dad and brother.


>>127
I've never been sure if things like that actually work or not, but my eyes are fucked in so many ways it seems pointless to even try.

 No.144

I used to wear glasses, now I wear daily contacts because I find them more comfortable and convenient.

>>127
As strange it seems and as skeptical as I am, I might actually try it a bit. My prescription isn't that harsh, and I can function without my lenses, so it should be a snap. And to give credit to the author, I do know that a lot of people, myself included, have kept the same prescription for years by not using their lenses daily.

 No.161

>>54
>so I picked ones that I thought were really cool.
Bet you did look cool. Like a cool little surfer!

 No.162

I got glasses for the first time when I was ~14. I couldn't stand them. I never wore them in school because they would get pulled off my head and destroyed. I got contacts and used them until I got surgery. It worked for me, I didn't know vision this good was possible. I like being able to see small details and beauty. Being able to ignore ads better is a benefit of poor vision.

 No.228

I have since kindergarten. I even used to be into glasses girls. Now I'm just into the frames themselves. I'd like to attend a workshop on how to make them from acetate, but it's too expensive.

 No.403

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>>7
>Do you wear glasses?
yeah, why?

 No.408

>>7
My eyesights are bad but I don't wear glasses. Maybe I should wear one.

 No.428

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I like glasses but don't need them yet. My nose is kind of asymmetrical and glasses look very crooked when I put them on, otherwise I wouldn't have a problem wearing some. It sounds stupid but generally people with glasses seem friendly to me, like oh that person can't be bad!

 No.433

>>408
If it's bad enough to where it's a hindrance in your daily activities, you should probably invest in a pair of quality eyewear. It will end up paying for itself.
>>428
Humans have crooked eyes and crooked ears among other things. The glasses should be able to be adjusted in the hands of the right optician. You could also buy asymmetrical frames which exist - a classic is one where one side is a square and the other is a circle. But yeah, there should probably be a brand out there that specializes in people with assymetrical faces. When you get old, you could have one eye for near and one for far and wear a monocle.

 No.629

No. I look weird in glasses. Sometimes I’ve worn other peoples glasses to see what the world looks like to them and I still find it hard to believe that they really see everything as all blurry. People in my family have bad eyesight so I’ll probably have to wear them eventually, but for now I’m thankful I don’t.

 No.651

>>629
The pairs of glasses I've had before never seemed to fit right. I think I just have a crooked face.

 No.3927

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>>7
>Do you wear glasses?
No, but I like Meganekkos

 No.3930

>>7
>Do you wear glasses?
I'm supposed to wear glasses but I don't.

 No.3931

>>7
I don't but I'm worried my vision is going, though, from what I've heard and what >>127 says its probably just eyestrain from staring into the glowing rectangle for like 10 hours a day.

 No.3932

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>>7
glasses are nice!
>>3930
how do you live?
>>3931
drink some carrot juice!

 No.3936

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Meganekko Chiaki Kurihara shivers my timbers

 No.3938

>>3936
I don't remember much of this anime other than her.

 No.3939

i should wear mine, but i think they make me look ugly ( ´_ゝ`) i can't see shit though

 No.3941

had my first eye test age 27 after squinting a lot for years. when you look into the big goggle thing to compare lenses, it was getting clearer.
then at the end they switch back to super blurry, and tell you thats the unchanged lens. thats how you actually see. it blew my mind.
i only wear them outside though.

 No.3942

>>3941
>>3939
>>3930
Just get corrective eye surgery.i had glasses for well over 20 years and was really stubborn and apprehensive about surgery but i finaly took the bullet and had it done last year and i wish i had done it sooner.it really improves your life in every way, the only downside is that the first few days after surgery are a nightmare because your eyes will produce an endless stream of tears much like the ganges albeit with less fecal matter.you will also have photosensitivity for like a week but these are all temporary so the surgery is well worth the hassle.

 No.3949

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>>3939
>>3941
get some color-enhancing shades. they're cool when going outside, and they turn everything HDR…

 No.3952

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>>3939
plus, having shades on makes you harder to recognize, so your looks matter less.

 No.3953

>>7
been wearing them for almost 9 years. used to hate them but now i'm indifferent

 No.3954

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I actually make custom eyewear. I'm one of a handful of independent frame makers in the US. Every piece is one of a kind, I never make duplicates (ever, under any request), and I make pieces in acetate, wood, and buffalo horn.

I was a high-leve dispensing optician for my entire adult life and sank every penny I made into the manufacturing equipment to make glasses here.

 No.3957

Hatsune Mikunekko

 No.3972

>>3954
I didnt know we had independent frame makers?when i wore glasses i would go to this boutique optician that was also a family friend and would have to choose a frame from amongst the usual suspects. In all these years i never knew there were bespoke frame makers otherwise i wouldnt give any money for mass produced chink-talian garbage.

 No.3973

>>3972
There's about nine of us in the USA, at least who do bespoke work. There's a handful of others who are more of a wholesale production facility.

I'll let you in on a secret; the overwhelming majority of the world's supply of cellulose acetate, the primary material from which frames are made, is all made in China. Some is shipped to Italy and France and now magically its country of origin is Italy and France.

We don't make acetate in the USA, the EPA literally will not allow you to. It would take huge amount of lobbying dollars to get regulations loosened enough to where we could make it here.

Some of the best acetate is made by Takiron or Daicel in Japan, but they are hard to work with and throttle demand by mandating that they only work with manufacturers who fit their image of being the best.

It's an interesting industry to be in, for sure.

 No.3974

>>3973
Yes i kinda knew about the chink to euro scam and their absurd price points for what was essentially chinkshit.that was one of the things that motivated me to get eye correction surgery.

Back in college my friends father was an optician and he would always tell me about all kinds of interesting trade practices in the industry, like he would say that most lenses are dirt cheap with a huge profit margin and little difference in quality and that even the cheapest lens has a high profit margin.

 No.3977

>>3974
Absolutely true. I actually sell lenses at a $30 markup over wholesale (to pay $10 for cutting, $10 for shipping, and $10 for myself). I do this as a way of flying the middle finger to all the surrounding eyecare practices.

On frames, I just price around the industry standard ($325 for any of my acetate frames) and that leaves me with a reasonable profit given the labor I put in with handcrafting every pair. The industry has bloated frame prices so much to pay for this absurd chain of middlemen that contribute nothing, that I just price according to their bloat and I consider it a fair wage for my work.

As far as lenses go, everyone deserves to see as good as technology will allow. So I do transparent pricing with my customers and tell them that whatever I pay for the lens, it's $30 over that to pay for the additional cost I will incur over it's wholesale value, $10 only of which is my pay for my time to order it and then verify it on arrival.

Fuck everyone who is charging 12x markup on lenses (in some cases more).

 No.3979

>>3957
meganekkogekirabu…….

 No.3983

>>7
Only when handling dangerous chemicals at work

 No.4070

once in awhile.



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